transition


2transition

verb

Definition of TRANSITION

intransitive verb
: to make a transition <transition into college>

Examples of TRANSITION

  1. The company has transitioned to new management in the past year.
  2. a student who is transitioning to a new school

First Known Use of TRANSITION

1946

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